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** FILE ** Rep. Jim McDermott, Washington Democrat. (Associated Press)

States take up the fight against Obama’s changes to health care law

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

**FILE** Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire Democrat (Associated Press)

Under pressure, 10 Senate Democrats push for Obamacare extension

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, leaves the floor of the Senate after skirmishing with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., over the Affordable Care Act, popularly know as "Obamacare," at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Ted Cruz’s talkathon mostly a spectacle

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ABBOTT: Obama’s scheme to take over Texas

By Greg Abbott

"For years now we've been hearing about dysfunction in the Congress. We've all suffered in our public opinion polling and what people think of this place, and I think this process we've gone through in the last couple of days, last couple of weeks, are a real antidote to that," said Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona. (Associated Press)

Bipartisanship breaks through gridlock on Hill, but divisive battles on spending loom

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Obama speaks in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on Feb. 5, 2013. The president asked Congress to come up with tens of billions of dollars in short-term spending cuts and tax revenue to put off the automatic across the board cuts that are scheduled to kick in March 1. (Associated Press)

Obama ramps up pressure to resolve sequester

By Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

**FILE** Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

High-dollar Dems, tea party unite against Mitch McConnell

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Rep. Paul Ryan (AP Photo)

At retreat, GOP advances debt-limit strategies

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says nothing is off the table when it comes to options to increase revenue, except a tax increase on the middle-class. (The Washington Times)

More taxes: ‘Behind us’ or ‘on the table’?

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, arrives Dec. 12, 2012, for a closed-door meeting with the GOP caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner and the other House Republican leaders are calling for President Obama to come up with plan they can accept for spending cuts and tax revenue to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax hikes and budget reductions. (Associated Press)

Boehner: ‘Serious differences’ remain in talks

By Andrew Taylor - Associated Press

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California gestures as she speaks to reporters at Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

House Democrats petition for a vote on tax-cut extension

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Erskine Bowles, co-chairman of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, sees chances for avoiding going over the “fiscal cliff” at less than 1 in 3. President Obama is sending aides to Capitol Hill on Thursday to meet with legislative leaders. (Associated Press)

Are parties hurtling toward ‘fiscal cliff’?

By Stephen Dinan and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

**FILE** President Obama (left) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney walk past each other onstage Oct. 22, 2012, at the end of the final presidential debate at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. (Associated Press)

YOUNG: Skewed polls not telling the full Romney story

By J.T. Young

Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, speaks in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

House tea party icons face re-election challenges

By Alan Fram and Brian Bakst - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Clinton still untrustworthy

The Washington Times

Pastor William Owens Sr. opposes President Obama’s support of gay marriage on Tuesday. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times)

White House mum on support of gay marriage in Democratic party platform

By Susan Crabtree and Cheryl Wetzstein - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says the GOP’s guiding principle in the debate over who gets tax breaks is “Do no harm.” There is no consensus. (Associated Press)

Down to wire on tax breaks, parties far apart

By Sean Lengell - The Washington Times

Republican state Sens. Joel Anderson (left), of La Mesa, and Bill Emerson, of Redlands, confer June 14, 2012, during the Senate session at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. (Associated Press)

Calif. lawmakers set budget vote as deadline looms

By Judy Lin - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Obama’s incumbency problem

The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

Senate defeats bills to reduce student loan rates

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times